 |
|||
 |
Empty
|
 |
 |
 |
|||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
The Crimson Pirate
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
Our DVD Price: £5.99 
Availability In Stock - should be despatched within 72 hours. This product will be dispatched from Guernsey. Delivery times
Earn 25 Bonus Points when you buy this product. More info |
Film Description
In terms of sheer swashbuckling exuberance, this affectionate celebration-cum-parody of pirate pictures is one of the most enjoyable films ever made.
The title character is Vallo, played by Burt Lancaster at his most charming. When his shipmates seize a Spanish galleon, he spies an opportunity for profit by playing the Spanish authorities against the rebels who are battling for freedom. But true love – amongst a great many other things – intervenes, putting his pirate principals under pressure.
Film Information
| Director | Robert Siodmak | ||||
| Starring | Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat
|
||||
| Genre | Classic Film
|
||||
| Country | USA | Language | English | Year | 1952 |
Technical Details
| Certificate | U | Length | 105 mins | Label | BHORSE | ||
| Cat No | ORB10141 | Format | DVD | Colour | |||
2 Stills
 |
 |
Share your thoughts and opinions - write a review
Review by James Oliver on 4th March 2008
Load the cannon, splice the main brace and set sail on what must be one of the most purely pleasurable films ever made. An affectionate celebration-cum-parody of pirate pictures, The Crimson Pirate has enough swordplay and enthusiasm to set even the hardest heart beating faster.
The title character is Vallo, played by Burt Lancaster at his most charming. When his shipmates seize a Spanish galleon, he spies an opportunity for profit by playing the Spanish authorities against the rebels who are battling for freedom. But true love – amongst a great many other things – intervenes, putting his pirate principals under pressure.
But it isn’t the plot that matters, it’s the acrobatics (performed by Lancaster and his circus buddy Nick Cravat), the sight gags (many of which were plundered by those Pirates of the Caribbean) and the sheer swash-buckling exuberance (courtesy of Siodmak, proving there’s more to him than Film Noir).
Here’s a film for anyone who’s ever loved a pirate, from Errol Flynn to Johnny Depp. It’s a glorious tribute to high-seas hi-jinx.
View more reviews by James Oliver
Recommendations from fellow customers
Gangsters - The Complete Series
by Various / TV
The Mayor Of Casterbridge (Dennis Potter)
by David Giles
Auf Wiedersehen Pet (Series 4)
by T V
More films directed by Robert Siodmak
More films starring Burt Lancaster
by Louis Malle
by Bill Forsyth
More films starring Eva Bartok
| Special Offers | ||||||||||||||||
|
More Great Offers
|
| BestSellers | ||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
| Recommended by MovieMail | ||||||||||
|
A curated collection of the best DVDs
Latest Additions
|
||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||
| Just Released |
|
Waitress A Man Escaped The Italian Magnificent Obsession All That Heaven Allows |
| Coming Soon |
|
Dan Cruickshanks Adventures in Architecture John Mills (Centenary Collection Volume 2) Closing the Ring San Demetrio London Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Burton, 2007) |
|
||
| Home | Film Catalogue | New Releases | Special Offers | Top 30 | ||
|
||
| Film Collections | Film Media | News | Your Account | Help | Become a MovieMail affiliate | ||
|
||
For questions or assistance, call us on (+44) 0844 776 0900 or email on enquiries@moviemail-online.co.uk © 2004-2007 MovieMail, Ltd., All Rights Reserved. Find out more about MovieMail |
||
|
Edge of Darkness
Barry Lyndon
